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Wind in El Segundo

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 5:45 pm (PDT)
Now · from the southwest 7 mph
Gusts
10 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
11 mph at 3:00 pm
In knots
6 kn
Onshore

Today the wind in El Segundo is a light breeze from the southwest: 2 mph to 11 mph, peaking at 3:00 pm with gusts of 13 mph. The windiest day of the week is Sunday 1: up to 17 mph from the northwest, with gusts of 18 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Los Angeles (KLAX), 2.2 mi away · 52 min ago

Wind10 mph from the west
Gusts—
Visibility9.9 mi or more
WeatherNothing to note

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Wind for the next 7 days, hour by hour

Arrows point where the wind blows to, every 12 hours. Each hour comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF and GFS.

  • Today, Wed 28 2–11 mph · gusts 13 SSW · Beaufort 3
  • Thu 29 2–10 mph · gusts 12 SSW · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 4–9 mph · gusts 12 S · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 4–15 mph · gusts 16 S · Beaufort 4
  • Sun 1 5–17 mph · gusts 18 NW · Beaufort 4
  • Mon 2 4–12 mph · gusts 14 NNW · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 2–9 mph · gusts 11 NW · Beaufort 3

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 223521174
Gusts 359931295
Direction SEENEEESWSWWSWSSW
Beaufort 11121322
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 353251084
Gusts 4787811106
Direction EEENEESSWSWWSWWSW
Beaufort 12112332
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 75458974
Gusts 9879111297
Direction SWSSWSEESESSESSSWS
Beaufort 22223322
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 654467710
Gusts 987889912
Direction SEEEESSESSWSWWSW
Beaufort 22222223
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM

Do the models agree on the wind?

High confidence

The models agree on the wind for the next few days.

What 6 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

Do the models agree on the wind?
Wind (mph) TodayThu 29Fri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3
ECMWF 616618719513616417210
AIFS 5653456
GFS 107981198865109119
ICON 6157177189191029617513
HRRR 1113710—————
NBM 9111012912151617181214911
Confidence highhighhighhighhighhighhigh

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Onshore or offshore wind?

Today, from the southwest: onshore. More surf and backwash at the shore, and bait and boats drift toward land.

On Sunday 1, from the northwest: cross-shore.

The coast here faces southwest. We work it out from the OpenStreetMap coastline.

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
1 Light air 1–3 Ripples, no foam
2 Light breeze · today 4–7 Small wavelets
3 Gentle breeze 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze · week peak 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze 19–24 Moderate waves, many whitecaps
6 Strong breeze 25–31 Large waves, foam crests

Questions about the wind in El SegundoQuestions

What's the wind like today in El Segundo?

Light breeze from the southwest: 7 mph now, peaking at 11 mph at 3:00 pm with gusts of 13 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Sunday 1: up to 17 mph from the northwest, with gusts of 18 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 2.4 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Onshore: the coast faces southwest.

More about El Segundo today

Wind near El Segundo

Only places with a different forecast: spots a few miles apart share the same model cell and wouldn't add anything.

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Wind: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS; the table shows each hour's model); offshore, ECMWF and GFS at the nearest sea grid point, 7.4 mi away. Coast orientation: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 5:45 pm (local time).

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